One of the many pleasures of being a bookseller, is the insight I have gleaned into books no longer in print or hard to get. The pleasure part comes when enquiries by customers about said books, allows me to engage in some bookish research on their behalf. It is disheartening when I have to inform … Continue reading Book Stop #4
Book Stop is an occasional meme that allows me to travel and indulge in a good bookshop or library browse, during these strange, strange times when it’s difficult to travel outside our home state, let alone the country. I plan to combine my bookish instincts with my itchy feet and explore the world via bookshops … Continue reading Book Stop #3
Book Stop is an occasional meme that allows me to travel and indulge in a good bookshop browse, during these strange, strange times when we cannot travel outside our home state, let alone the country. I plan to combine my bookish instincts with my itchy feet and explore the world via bookshops. I have a … Continue reading Book Stop #2
Photo by Paolo Chiabrando on Unsplash Given that we cannot travel outside our home state, let alone the country, at the moment, I thought I might indulge my bookish instincts with my itchy feet and explore the world via bookshops. I have a number of bookshops on my to-visit wish list, if I am ever in that country, … Continue reading Book Stop
After thoroughly enjoying my time with Charlie, and his new boyfriend Nick in Heartstopper Vol 1, I knew I had to complete the trilogy to see how things turned out for them. The being in love part turns out to be pretty easy for these two sweet guys in Heartstopper Vols 2 & 3. … Continue reading Heartstopper Vol 2 & 3 | Alice Oseman #GraphicNovel
Lisa @ANZLitLover is hosting her annual Indigenous Literature Week. Normally this week is also NAIDOC week, but due to Covid it has been postponed until 8th -15th November. The 2020 theme is Always Was, Always Will Be. Always Was, Always Will Be. recognises that First Nations people have occupied and cared for this continent for … Continue reading Indigenous Picture Books
Every time I see these very chic, very elegant picture books, I want to say Cla-reece. I have an acquaintance called Cla-reece. However to read these stories, I have to make a huge mental effort to say ‘Paris-Claris’ in my head a few times to find the rhyme. I’ve been saving this post for today, … Continue reading Claris The Chicest Mouse in Paris | Megan Hess #PictureBook
How can someone so young be so successful already? Alice Oseman has been a YA publishing sensation for 6 years now. She was only 19 when her debut YA novel, Solitaire first appeared. Solitaire is narrated by Tori Spring ‘a pessimistic…teenage speed skater with a penchant for solving mysteries‘. The story is all about her, … Continue reading Heartstopper Vol 1 | Alice Oseman #GraphicNovel
The Whitbread Book Award was established in 1971 to encourage, promote and celebrate the enjoyment of reading. They became the Costa Book Awards in 2006. Highlighted books are the winners of the BOOK OF THE YEAR award as well as their category win. Books marked with an (R) are ones I’ve read but not reviewed. … Continue reading Costa Book Awards
I’m still trying to catch up on posts leftover from my magnificent Christmas reading binge.Girl, Woman, Other: A Novel by Bernardine Evaristo is the final one. It is certainly not the least though. In fact, it very nearly overtook The Yield as my favourite book for 2019. What stopped it from doing so? Mostly time. … Continue reading Girl, Woman, Other | Bernardine Evaristo #BookerWinner
Last year I read The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F*ck out of curiosity. Everyone seemed to be talking about the book and it was one of our bestsellers at work but I was convinced that it was just another self-help book…with swear words. I was right; and I was wrong. It does have … Continue reading Everything is F*cked: A Book About Hope by Mark Manson
The Classics Club Gothic Book Tag coincides with the clubs #CCdare challenge for October to read a classic book that scares you, thrills you or challenges you somehow. I’ve been reading Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein for the very first time, in tandem with a bio by Charlotte Gordon about Shelley and her mother Mary Wollstonecraft, Romantic … Continue reading Gothic Book Tag
